Start using your frequent flier miles and reward points more effectively by managing them with UsingMiles, a unified rewards dashboard and travel search engine. Read on to learn more and score an invite to the service.

Click on the image above for a closer look.

UsingMiles parks all your frequent flier miles and hotel loyalty rewards—credit card and rental car rewards are coming soon—in a central dashboard. There you can see how much you have and, more importantly, you can see what you can do with those points. UsingMiles doesn't just catalog your reward points for reference, it combines them with a travel search engine so you can easily see the value of your accumulated points and what you can get with them. Click on the image below for a closer look at the ticket search tool.

All search results are divided into cash flights and award flights. The award flights column displays the cash value of your reward points and the available flights so you can decide if you'd rather pay cash and bank your points or redeem them for the flight you're interested in.

UsingMiles is a free but currently invite-only service. Lifehacker readers can score a free account and an early peek by visiting the link below. For more information on inexpensive travel, check out our frequent fliers guide to cheap airfare.